Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

Staff Sergeant Christopher Michael Rudzinski, 28, of Rantoul, Illinois, was a U.S. Army soldier serving with the 293rd Military Police Company during Operation Enduring Freedom. He died on October 16, 2009, at Kandahar Air Field, Afghanista

In JAGHATO DISTRICT, AFGHANISTAN on October 16, 2009, the ARMY lost SSG Staats, Chris Neil of FREDERICKSBURG, TX, 32, serving with 143D INFANTRY DETACHMENT, FORWARD 6, AUSTIN, TX. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Specialist Jesus Olar Flores Jr., 28, of La Mirada, California, was killed in a hostile incident near the Arghandab River bridge in Afghanistan on October 15, 2009.

U.S. Army Specialist Daniel Courtney Lawson, 33, of Deerfield Beach, Florida, was killed by hostile fire on October 15, 2009, at the Arghandab River Bridge in Afghanistan.

Active Duty, ARMY, 569TH ENGINEER COMPANY, 4TH ENGINEER BATTALION, SSG Stivison, Glen Hale Jr of BLAIRSVILLE, PA, 34, died in ARGHANDAB RIVER BRIDGE, AFGHANISTAN on October 15, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 19, PFC Styer, Brandon Michael of LANCASTER, PA was serving with the ARMY, 569TH EN CO, 4TH EN BN, when he died in IVO FIRE BASE COBRA, AFGHANISTAN on October 15, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Specialist George Walter Cauley, 24, of Walker, Minnesota, died on October 10, 2009, at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, from hostile action.

Lance Cpl. Alfonso Ochoa Jr., 20, of Armona, California, was a U.S. Marine killed in hostile action in Bakwa district, Afghanistan, on October 10, 2009.

At 27, SSGT Taylor, Aaron James of BOVEY, MN was serving with the MARINE CORPS, MWSS-372, MWSG-37 (2D LAR, MEB-A FWD) 3D MAW, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, when he died in CAMP DWYER, AFGHANISTAN on October 9, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, 1ST INFANTRY, FORT RILEY, KS, ARMY ? SFC Westbrook, Kenneth Warren (SHIPROCK, NM), age 41, ? died in WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES on October 7, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

On October 6, 2009, the ARMY lost MAJ Hervas, Tad Thomas of COON RAPIDS, MN in COB BASRAH, IRAQ. He was 48.

U.S. Army Specialist Kevin Olsen Hill, 23, of Brooklyn, New York, was killed in a hostile incident on October 4, 2009, at Combat Outpost Dehanna in Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Justin Timothy Gallegos, 27, of Tucson, Arizona, was killed in action on October 3, 2009, during a major enemy assault on Combat Outpost Keating in Kamdesh, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Sergeant Christopher Todd Griffin, 24, of Kincheloe, Michigan, was killed in action on October 3, 2009, during a battle at Combat Outpost Keating in Nuristan Province, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Sergeant Joshua Mitchell Hardt, 24, of Applegate, California, was killed in action on October 3, 2009, during the Battle of Kamdesh at Combat Outpost Keating in Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Sergeant Joshua John Kirk, 30, of South Portland, Maine, was killed in hostile action on October 3, 2009, in Kamdesh, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Specialist Stephan Lee Mace, 21, of Lovettsville, Virginia, died on October 3, 2009, at Forward Operating Base Bostick, Afghanistan, from wounds sustained in combat.

Staff Sergeant Vernon William Martin, 25, of Savannah, Georgia, was a U.S. Army soldier killed in a complex enemy attack on Combat Outpost Keating in Afghanistan on October 3, 2009.